Transliterate - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Transliterate :  (verb)

1: rewrite in a different script; "The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated" [syn: transcribe]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Transliterate : \Trans*lit"er*ate\, v. t. [Pref. trans- _ L. litera, littera letter.] To express or represent in the characters of another alphabet; as, to transliterate Sanskrit words by means of English letters. --A. J. Ellis.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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